Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC) is the corporate venture capital arm of Robert Bosch GmbH established in 2008. It invests in seed, early, and late stage funding rounds for startups in sectors like automation & electrification, enabling technologies, healthcare, services, and new materials. RBVC typically takes a 10-25% equity stake in investments ranging from €0.5-5 million. It makes 6-10 investments per year from offices in Germany, Israel, and the United States. Notable investments from 2015-2016 include Movidius, Zimplistic, GNA Biosolutions, PubNub, Emperra, Utilight, and AdasWorks. Common co-

1. CVC Profile: Bosch
PREPARED BY:
Kaloyan E. Andonov
Corporate Venture Capital Analyst
GCV Analytics
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2. Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC)
• Vehicle: Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC)
• Established in 2008
• Invests in seed, early- and late-stage funding rounds for startups as well as in
VC funds
• Sectors and areas of interest: Automation & Electrification, Enabling
Technologies, Healthcare, Services, New Materials
• Seeks 10-25% equity stake
• Round size between 0.5-5 EUR
• Makes 6-10 investments per year
• Office locations in Stuttgart and Frankfurt (Germany), Tel Aviv (Israel), and
Palo Alto (U.S.A.)

3. Investments 2015-2016*
$46m
C
Industrial
Consumer
Financial Services
Energy
Health
IT
Media
Transport
Services
* Data overview: 1 Jan 2015 – 31 Mar 2016
AdasWorks
$3m
A
B
C
Undisc.
Undisc.
Sourced by GCV Analytics

4. Exits 2015-2016*
* Data overview: 1 Jan 2015 – 31 Mar 2016
Industrial
Consumer
Financial Services
Energy
Health
IT
Media
Transport
Services
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5. Bosch: Top Investments 2015-2016*
* Data overview: 1 Jan 2015 – 31 Mar 2016
Deal Date
Portfolio
Company Name
Round
Size
Round Region Sector Investors List
15 April 2015 Movidius $40M
E and
beyond
North
America
IT
AIB Seed Capital fund | Arch Venture Partners | Atlantic Bridge
(fka Abven) | Capital-E Partners | DFJ Esprit | Robert Bosch |
Summit Bridge Capital | Sunny Optical Technology
22 July 2015 Zimplistic $12M B Asia Consumer NSI Ventures | Robert Bosch
06 July 2015 GNA Biosolutions $7M B Europe Health
b-to-v Ventures | KFW | Mey Capital Matrix | Robert Bosch |
SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement |
UnternehmerTUM Fund
15 October 2015 PubNub $5M C
North
America
IT Envision Ventures | Robert Bosch | Sound Ventures | Tie Angels
08 January 2016 Emperra $3M Undisclosed Europe Health
Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg | Peppermint Venture
Partners | Robert Bosch
11 March 2016 Utilight $3M Undisclosed
Middle
East
IT
I2BF Global Ventures | Robert Bosch | SCI Advanced Technology
Fund | undisclosed strategic investors | Waarde Capital
21 August 2015 AdasWorks $3M A Europe IT
InVenture | OTP-Day One Seed Investment Fund | Robert Bosch
| Tim Draper
02 October 2015 Optomed Undisclosed Undisclosed Europe Health Robert Bosch

6. Top Co-Investors of Bosch 2015-2016*
* Data overview: 1 Jan 2015 – 31 Mar 2016
Industrial
Consumer
Financial Services
Energy
Health
IT
Media
Transport
Services
Sourced by GCV Analytics

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